DRAIN CLIP FOR SURGICAL DRAIN

• US 3,682,180 A
• Filed: 06/08/1970
• Issued: 08/08/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Leroy F. Mcfarlane
• Original Assignee: Leroy F. Mcfarlane
• Inventors: McFarlane, LeRoy F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pace, Channing L.
• Application Number:
  US05/044,062
• Time in Patent Office: 792 Days
• Field of Search: 24/3.5RS,255RS 128/349R,35R,346 285/340
• US Class Current: 604/174
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/024 having a clip or clamp system
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/0266 using pads, patches, tapes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/02 Holding devices, e.g. on the body
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/26 Cannula supporters
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/15 Bag fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/155 Resilient slot bag tie
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44915 Corrugated or toothed face

Abstract

A drain clip and method for making a drain clip for use in circumposed relation about a surgical drain of tubular rubbery material. The clip has a) an elongate base of rigid material preferably in sheet form with a smooth main surface to be positioned in overlaying relation of an incision line and with a drain tube opening, and b) one-way gripping means on the base with a terminal surface extending into the opening and away from the smooth main surface which overlays the incision. The gripping means comprise a plurality of spaced shallow gripping teeth arranged in a pattern and defining a constricted drain passage between the teeth. When the clip is circumposed about a surgical grain extending from an incision, the drain is adapted to be advanced as the healing process takes place while retractive movement of the drain toward the incision will be resisted by the gripping means.

Claims

1. A disposable, adjustable, one-piece surgical drain clip having an opening for use circumposed about a surgical drain of tubular rubbery material having an inner and an outer surface comprising a drain surface and extending through a surgical incision opening in an incision line, said clip comprising, an elongate base of relatively rigid material in thin sheet form having a major and a minor axis and having a smooth main surface, said base being adapted to overlie the incision line with the smooth main surface confronting the line and the longitudinal margins of the incision and with the major axis parallel to said incision line, said base having a through drain opening generally symmetrical with respect to the major axis and extending substantially across said base aligned with the incision line and with the minor axis transverse of the incision line, one-way gripping means on the base extending into the opening and away from the base and from the surface opposite to that of said smooth main surface, said gripping means comprising a plurality of spaced elongated gripping members arranged in opposed sets interdigitated in a gripping pattern spaced from the said opposite surface and defining a constricted drain passage between the members to permit capillary flow of fluid along the drain surface, whereby when the clip is circumposed about a surgical drain, the drain may be advanced away from the incision line while retractive movement of the drain toward the incision line will be resisted by the gripping means.

2. A drain clip as set forth in claim 1 including an open work throat section intermediate the drain passage and the base.

3. The device as set forth in claim 2 wherein the throat section is defined by said members comprising a plurality of fingers extending in converging relation opening in staggered opposed relation from opposite sides of said opening.

4. The device as set forth in claim 3 wherein the terminal ends of the fingers are provided with gripping teeth.

5. The device as set forth in claim 4 wherein the terminal ends of the fingers are truncated along an arcuate line depthwise across the terminal end of the fingers providing shallow peaks with a dished relieved portion therebetween.

6. The device as set forth in claim 5 wherein the transverse edges of the base are rounded to merge and blend with the longitudinal edges of said base.

7. The device as set forth in claim 6 wherein the proximal ends of the fingers are interconnected to one another along an arcuate curve at the juncture with the base.

8. The device as set forth in claim 7 wherein the base is contoured.